Yes, 5cc to draw X cards a turn for free is a blatantly terrible rare... I mean it's blue! Blue has no way to protect creatures, and doesn't really benefit that much from drawing cards anyways.
Yes, 5cc to draw X cards a turn for free is a blatantly terrible rare... I mean it's blue! Blue has no way to protect creatures, and doesn't really benefit that much from drawing cards anyways.
5cc 1/3 is bad, merfolk + wizard + ally is good, drawing cards equal to the number of ally's you control(probably all your creatures if your playing outside of limited) can be very good. Hard to rate, i'm guessing though that the 5cc coupled with a body which dies to lightning bolt will kill it.
I'm still guessing there is some trick here we're not yet privy to. So way of reducing there cost easily.
Maybe a card that taps for 2 or more mana and is only used for allies.
Or a cheap card that taps for mana related to the number of allies you control.
There is no way these Rares are that bad. The only good one so far is the WW soldier.
These rares aren't that bad. They just aren't that good. Compare this to Riptide Director. That was a bad card, and this is slightly better. Now, when I say bad card, we have to think in time frame, so yeah, Wizards were big back then, and I don't remember decklists or anything, but I'm pretty sure the director is awful. This is a very well designed, well balanced card. The fact of the matter is that it just doesn't serve the roll that people are used to in standard right now? It's completely fine that for 3CC you want something of baneslayer quality, but just because this isn't a blue baneslayer doesn't make it awful. If it was a blue rare chimney imp, maybe these complaints would be acceptable.
Also, if UX control gets any type of support, it could easily throw this in as a 2-3 of, just because say you get one out... its an archivist... if you have two out? it's four archivists? I feel like right now, this could top out the curve nicely in a w/u/g ally deck that wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.
I guess, just to sum up, this isn't a bad card. It's not BBE or baneslayer or anything else, and its certainly not akin to the graveborn muse. It plays a different role than any of those cards, and its too early to say whether or not its worthless; it definitely isn't poorly done. Maybe it could have been a 2/3? But that's moot cause you won't attack with it anyway
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Um... coolish card, I guess. Definitely wouldn't invest in it as a single (planning on making me an Ally deck), but if I get one in a pack I might run it. I like drawing cards, and this could be a late game bomb, especially if we get an Ally that gives others haste.
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The number of Allies is checked as the ability resolves. If Fallout wipes your board (somehow killing that 1/3... <_<) then you will draw 0 cards.
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I guess most of the merfolk fans are disapointed with this guy, but he can still work in a merfolk deck. I think of him as the merfolk's version of Archivist for 1 more mana. He still gets benifits from other merfolk cards like: Merrow Commerce. He also works with changelings in a merfolk deck, so I guess he's not that bad in a merfolk deck.
I think its a cool sleeper card and for sure a reason to play Allies. Even drawing one extra a turn in control for 0 mana is good, play on turn 7 to be extra safe, then you are sorted. But yea Looter costs 2... I like that he survives volcanic, U/R deck?
I'd have liked him to be tougher or cheaper but then he'd be too strong. As is he has the potential to outdraw Arcanis and that's potential I can work around. As far as him dying to Lightning Bolt, well most blue utility creatures do. Blue has ways around that though, and, with some luck this guy can generate insane card advantage.
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For one more mana, you can get arcanis the omnipotent, who draws more cards.
He sees no play.
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Maybe a card that taps for 2 or more mana and is only used for allies.
Or a cheap card that taps for mana related to the number of allies you control.
There is no way these Rares are that bad. The only good one so far is the WW soldier.
Also, if UX control gets any type of support, it could easily throw this in as a 2-3 of, just because say you get one out... its an archivist... if you have two out? it's four archivists? I feel like right now, this could top out the curve nicely in a w/u/g ally deck that wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.
I guess, just to sum up, this isn't a bad card. It's not BBE or baneslayer or anything else, and its certainly not akin to the graveborn muse. It plays a different role than any of those cards, and its too early to say whether or not its worthless; it definitely isn't poorly done. Maybe it could have been a 2/3? But that's moot cause you won't attack with it anyway
Modern:
GRB Jund BRG
RBU Grixis Delver UBR
Legacy:
W Death & Taxes W
GRB Punishing Jund BRG
GUR Canadian Threshold RUG
Commander:
RUG Maelstrom Wanderer GUR
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Removal on him will mean you draw cards equal to the number of remaining Allies in your party.
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